Article Summary

The article reports that Harmeet Dhillon, an Assistant Attorney General under Trump, says the Department of Justice will sue if Virginia’s governor signs a ban on so-called assault weapons. It frames the potential lawsuit as a defense of Second Amendment rights, emphasizing legal action to block state gun control, though it doesn’t explain the constitutional basis for such a challenge or whether this fits the usual role of the Civil Rights division. The article subtly encourages support for federal intervention against gun restrictions by presenting it as a straightforward protection of constitutional rights.